New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 10A - CORRECTIONS
Chapter 20 - RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITY REINTEGRATION PROGRAM (RCRP)
Subchapter 4 - RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITY REINTEGRATION PROGRAM
Section 10A:20-4.22 - Emergency medical and dental services

Universal Citation: NJ Admin Code 10A:20-4.22

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 6, March 18, 2024

(a) Emergency medical and dental services shall be provided for inmates assigned to an RCRP.

(b) The health care provider, in collaboration with the Director of the Residential Community Reintegration Program, shall have established, in advance, an emergency plan to access a hospital or alternate medical or dental facility to provide emergency medical or dental treatment to inmates assigned to a Residential Community Reintegration Program.

(c) When an inmate in a Residential Community Reintegration Program, requires emergency medical services at a hospital, the Director, or designee, of the RCRP shall notify the Office of Community Programs, which will notify and/or confirm notification to the shift commander of the regional institution and furnish the following information:

1. The inmate's name;

2. The inmate's number;

3. The name and location of hospital; and

4. The reason for the medical emergency.

(d) It shall be the responsibility of the regional institution to notify the Division of Operations, Health Services Unit of an emergency admission.

(e) It shall be the responsibility of the regional institution shift commander to dispatch correctional police officers within a timeframe that is reasonable and operationally effective to assume custody of the inmate.

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